Ball-bearing.



G. VINCON.

BALL BEARNG. 4

APPLICATION FILED 513.16, 1909.

1,020,729. Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

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sTATEs GUSTAVO VINcoN, or TUR1N1TALY.," I

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PATENT om Application filed February 18,1999. Serial No. 478,145. y Ik Mw,

' i' To all whom# may concern:

Be=it known that I, GUsTAvo VisjCoN, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Turin, in the Province of Piedmont, and

"Kingdom vof Italyfhave invented certain v new and useful Improvements in Ball-Bear-4 ings, of which the' following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

`This invention `relates to ball bearings, and hasv particular reference lto ballbear-l v ings of the type wherein the balls are supported by means of a spacingring, and has for its objects to provide a spacing ring construction wherein a cavity will be formed adapted to contain a lubricant, and also to a construction of spacing ring which shall be removable from thebearing without disl". Iturbinlg the balls.

As particularly shown herein, the invention comprises concentric rings having notches adapted 4to register to permit insertion of the balls, whichwhen inserted lock the rings agalnst separatiomtogether preferably formed of4 two U-shaped or channel witha spacing ring Sections having I notches for the balls and secured together I ofthe ball spacingretaining `tween t-he by screws and nuts passing through both readily disassembled and the large quantity of ing retained by the lrunfor a long period teriorationfor excessive friction.

The invention will -bemore fully understood yin connection with the description of the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents an elevation with one rings partially cut away; Fig. 2 is a cross section partly in l will, by reason of rease capable' of beof time without deperspective; Fig. 34 shows the spacing retaining rings, one ring being partially cut away.; and Fig. 4 isa cross section showing on an enlarged scale the manner of securing the rings together.

, ,1, 2 represent inner and outer ball races I `havlng grooves therein in which the balls run, and also respectively notches 3 and 4 whic when brought `in registry with each other, permit the balls tobe inserted betwo rings and locked when the notches are moved out of registry withl each other. .It may happen accidentally in prac-A l ticethat the notches between the two rings and, furcome in registry with each other,

it is desirable to provide a spacthermore,

Such a ball bear-- ollow spacing ring, Y

order to ycarry out these objects of the in vention, I have provided a spacing retain'- ing ring construction as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, consisting of two U-shaped rings 5,

.6 preferably formed of stamped metal and provided with equi-distant ball4 spacing notches 7, and adapted to'be secured together by: headed screws 8 threading into headed nuts 9, these screws 8 being passed through holes 10 in ,the rings and thereby equally spacing the balls 12.

It will be'seen that the halves. of the spacing ring are substantially alike and can be made-by `stamping from sheet metal, and when placed end to end to form the complete ring, a large cavity on cach side of the balls is provided in which grease will be maintained and supplied to the ball surfaces as required. In caseit is desired to inspect theballs, the ring can readily be taken apart without disassembling the entire bearing and equally readily reassembled. In case it is desired to disassemble the entire bearing, this will be done by first taking the ring apart, then bringing the notches into register and removing the balls one by one. ,f

ing and:retainingvring whereby thelballs; peripherally around Specification of'Letters Patent. Patented lua w It will be understood AthatI other w'ayys of inserting thevballsv may be arrangement of notches, but the arrangement of notches has advantages in that/it permits the use of a larger number of balls, and where the rings are not notched `or otherwise provided with apertures for the insertion of theballs.

The invention is not to be restricted lto the precise construction and arrangement herein shown, since various forms of hollow separable spacing rings may be provided without departing from the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;`

As an article of manufacture, a ball bear@ ing comprising bearing rings having grooves forming a raceway, balls in 'said raceway,

used than the i and means disposed 'between said bearing rings for malntalning separatlon of sald .balls and serving as a lubricant container,

said means comprlsing tWo U-shaped channeled rings having registering notches form- -ing pockets to contain said balls, the channoname said balls at the sides of said pockets, and 1o fastenings for connecting and holding sald' rings together.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature,

in presence of tWo Witnesses.

- GUSTAVO VINCON.

Witnesses: *i v J. S. JOSEPHS, LoUIs ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 4five cents each, by addressing the Commissionerof Patents, Washington,-D. C. 

